Mine detail: Globe Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.44921, -106.04086

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica, Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary:	Feldspar
Ore:	Cleavelandite, Columbite, Mica, Microcline
Gangue:	Albite, Apatite, Beryl, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite, Spessartite
Orebody form:	OTHER DIKE
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Ortega Quartzite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite

References

MRDS	D010964
DEP	10014266
Reference	{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 64-65}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 233-242}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 42-45}{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 122-126}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane